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Las Vegas Part 1 POV Lesson

Hello again and welcome to the point of view stories for “Las Vegas Part 1”. Now, the mini-story for this lesson is actually told as if it has already happened. So today we’ll here three different versions of this same story. We’ll hear one being told as if it’s happening right now. We’ll hear one being told as if it’s happening sometime in the future, say four years from now. And then we’ll also hear one version of the story being told by Mario, who is the main person in the story. Okay, so let’s get started.

Mario lives in a small town named Smallsville.

It is 1 o’clock a.m. and Mario is hungry. But no restaurants are open twenty-four seven.

“New York is a city that doesn’t sleep,” Mario says. So he decides to drive to New York.

He arrives in New York at 3 o’clock a.m. After a while he finds a restaurant. He orders a hamburger with peanut butter.

“I like peanut butter on my hamburger,” he says to the waitress.

This totally throws the waitress off.

She says, “That’s pretty crazy. I don’t know anyone who likes peanut butter on their hamburger.” “You should try it, it kinda grows on you,” says Mario.

The waitress gives him a hamburger with peanut butter. After he’s finished eating he wants to pay for the hamburger.

“You don’t need to pay for the hamburger. Your food is on the house,” the waitress says.

Mario is surprised. He says, “Wow, I’ve never had a hamburger comped before.” Mario really likes New York. The next day he decides to stay.

Okay, so that is the story told as if it is happening right now. Next we’re going to hear the story told as if it is going to happen four years from now. So let’s start.

In four years Mario is going to be living in a small town named Smallsville.

At 1 o’clock a.m. Mario’ll be hungry. But no restaurants will be open twenty-four seven.

Mario’ll say, “New York is a city that doesn’t sleep.” So he’ll decide to drive to New York.

He’s gonna arrive in New York at 3 a.m. After a while he’ll find a restaurant. He’ll order a hamburger with peanut butter.

“I like peanut butter on my hamburger,” he’ll say to the waitress.

This is gonna totally throw the waitress off.

She’ll say, “That’s pretty crazy. I do not know anyone who likes peanut butter on their hamburger.” “You should try it, it kinda grows on you,” Mario’ll say.

The waitress is gonna give him a hamburger with peanut butter. After he’s finished eating he’ll want to pay for the hamburger.

“You don’t need to pay for the hamburger. Your food is on the house,” the waitress’ll say.

Mario will be surprised and he’ll say, “Wow, I’ve never had a hamburger comped before.” Mario’s really gonna like New York. The next day he’ll decide to stay.

Alright, so that brings us to the end of the story told as if it is happening four years from now. You may have noticed that sometimes when we talk about time we say what time it is along with the word o’clock…so we would say 1 o’clock a.m. or you could say 1 a.m. Saying 1 a.m. or saying 1 o’clock a.m. is the same thing.

You can say it either way that you want. Okay, so next we will hear the story as told by Mario. So here is Mario telling the story.

I live in a small town named Smallsville.

It is 1 o’clock a.m. and I am hungry. But no restaurants are open twenty-four seven.

“New York is a city that doesn’t sleep,” I say. So I decide to drive to New York.

I arrive in New York at 3 a.m. After a while I find a restaurant. I order a hamburger with peanut butter.

I tell the waitress, “I like peanut butter on my hamburger.”

This totally throws the waitress off.

She says, “That’s pretty crazy. I do not know anyone who likes peanut butter on their hamburger.” “You should try it, it kinda grows on you,” I say to her.

The waitress gives me a hamburger with peanut butter. After I am finished eating I want to pay for the hamburger.

“You don’t need to pay for the hamburger. Your food is on the house,” the waitress says.

I’m surprised. I say to her, “Wow, I’ve never had a hamburger comped before.” I really like New York. The next day I decide to stay.

Alright, great. We have now completed the point of view stories for the lesson “Las Vegas Part 1”. Now go back and listen to the stories again. And after you complete a story try to tell that story to yourself. Tell it without looking at the story. And then do this for each of the three stories that we just heard. You see, when you listen to these point of view stories you get to learn grammar without even having to memorize all the grammar rules. You see, it’s easy. Okay, that’s all for now. Thanks and I’ll see ya next time.